Infinitive
witen; to witen; wite
Participles
| Present | witynge; witende |
| Past | witen; wite; wist |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | woot |
| 2nd sing. | woost |
| 3rd sing. | woot |
| 1st plur. | witen; wite; woten; wote; witeth; woteth |
| 2nd plur. | witen; wite; woten; wote; witeth; woteth |
| 3rd plur. | witen; wite; woten; wote; witeth; woteth |
Past
| 1st sing. | wiste |
| 2nd sing. | wistest |
| 3rd sing. | wiste |
| 1st plur. | wisten; wiste |
| 2nd plur. | wisten; wiste |
| 3rd plur. | wisten; wiste |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | wite; wote |
| 2nd sing. | wite; wote |
| 3rd sing. | wite; wote |
Past
| 1st sing. | wiste |
| 2nd sing. | wiste |
| 3rd sing. | wiste |
Imperative
| Singular | wite; wote |
| Plural | witeth; wite; woteth; wote |
Verbs conjugated like witen
witen,
Etymology
From Old English witan, weotan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, and Swedish veta. See: Proto-Germanic '
*witaną', Dutch '
weten', German, old spelling '
wissen', Swedish '
veta'.
Verbs referencing "witen"
English
wit.
Sample Sentences
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god wot (God only knows)
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if þe woꝛld hatiþ ȝou .· wite me þat it hadde me in hate raþer þan ȝou / (If the world hates you, be aware that it had me hating it before you did.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 15:18, folio 51, verso; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
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for ought ich wot (as far as I know)
Cognates
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